House Gospel Choir (HGC) is a London -based vocal group which debuted in 2014 at Glastonbury Festival . Founded by creative director Natalie Maddix, the choir combines two distinct musical genres – house music and gospel . HGC's debut album RE//CHOIRED (2020) includes reimagined house classics and dance anthems, as well as original tracks.
48-718: The choir has featured on Ella Henderson and Just Kiddin 's " Risk It All " and also performed with Kylie Minogue for her virtual concert Infinite Disco . As of February 2020, HGC had 150 members of diverse religious backgrounds. Based in London, House Gospel Choir was founded by vocalist Natalie Maddix, who had been working in music programming and management. Maddix grew up singing gospel at her Pentecostal Church in Vauxhall and Latin hymns at her Catholic secondary school in Camberwell , and developed interest in garage when she
96-625: A four-year hiatus in 2015, and released her second studio album, Everything I Didn't Say , in 2022. In addition to solo material, Henderson recorded a string of successful collaborations, including the UK top 10 singles: " Glitterball " with Sigma , " This Is Real " with Jax Jones , " Let's Go Home Together " with Tom Grennan , " Crazy What Love Can Do " with David Guetta and Becky Hill , " 21 Reasons " with Nathan Dawe , " React " with Switch Disco , " 0800 Heaven " with Dawe and Joel Corry , and " Alibi " with Rudimental . Gabriella Michelle Henderson
144-516: A number of celebrities stated their support and praise for Henderson, including Adele , Lily Allen , Cher , Simon Cowell , Stephen Fry , Nick Grimshaw , Sarah Millican , and Chloë Grace Moretz . On a 2013 episode of The Xtra Factor , O'Leary said that he viewed Henderson as the most talented performer he had seen during his seven years on the show. In December 2012, Henderson made an appearance on Ireland's RTÉ The Saturday Night Show , singing " Silent Night ". While being interviewed on
192-528: A rehearsal space in Hackney . Prior to their first rehearsal session, Maddix booked their first gig on the acoustic stage at Glastonbury . She secured the opportunity while programming choirs for Olympic Park , when one of the directors she was working with mentioned that a booker was looking for a choir. By the time of the gig, the choir had thirty members, including DJs, keyboardists, and vocalists. At Glastonbury Festival in 2014, House Gospel Choir performed
240-527: A scheduling conflict Henderson recorded its single version with Grennan instead. On 20 August 2021, Henderson released the single "Risk It All" with House Gospel Choir and Just Kiddin , followed by a collaboration with the French DJ duo Ofenbach titled " Hurricane " the next month. On 7 January 2022, she released the single " Brave ", which preceded her second studio album, Everything I Didn't Say , released on 11 March 2022. "Brave" reached number 42 in
288-746: A scholarship place at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts in Tring . She boarded at the school between the ages of 11 and 16. She attended the school at the same time as Dan Ferrari-Lane , who later became a member of the boyband District3 which appeared on The X Factor alongside Henderson in 2012. In early 2012, she made a singing appearance on a celebrity Christmas special of the Channel 4 series Come Dine with Me , where she performed " All I Want for Christmas Is You ". Henderson auditioned for series nine of The X Factor in 2012, with
336-500: A set with songs such as "Beautiful People" by Barbara Tucker and "Up Above My Head" by Kirk Franklin . House Gospel Choir and Adelphi Music Factory performed their "Salvation" at Homobloc Festival 2019 in Manchester. Mixmag called it an "utterly storming piano houser" that "really summed up the warmth of the whole Homobloc experience." In 2020, House Gospel Choir performed at the online-only Notting Hill Carnival . In 2022,
384-444: Is an English singer and songwriter. She competed in the ninth series of The X Factor UK in 2012, being the eighth contestant eliminated despite being a strong favourite to win. She signed with Syco Music shortly after, and released her debut studio album, Chapter One (2014), which reached number one in the UK. The album spawned the chart-topping single " Ghost ", as well as the top 20 singles " Glow " and " Yours ". She went on
432-720: The Billboard Dance/Club Play Songs chart in the US, as did " Just Wanna Dance / Weekend ". An album, Ready for a New Day , was also released in 1997, featuring "Something Goin' On", "Keep on Jumpin'" and "It's Over Love". It reached No. 84 on the UK Albums Chart . In 1996, he remixed " Stranger in Moscow " for Michael Jackson . In 1999, inspired by the drum & bass genre, Terry released Resolutions on Astralwerks Records . He also worked on
480-691: The Billboard Dance Club Chart for 12 weeks, peaking at No. 5. On 24 April 2020, they released the Toddla T -produced "Blind Faith", which was written in 2018, and whose video consisted of a virtual choir. On 7 November 2020, HGC featured on Kylie Minogue 's Infinite Disco livestream, on the songs " All the Lovers " and " Say Something ". A review in Retropop Magazine praised "Say Something" for its "stellar guest vocals from
528-552: The Grenfell Tower fire in London earlier that month. The single reached number one in the UK after only two days sales. Later that year, it was announced that Arthur had recorded a duet with Henderson, reportedly set to be included on her second studio album. While supporting him on his tour, she performed new songs that were set to be included on the record: "Ugly", "Cry Like a Woman", "Bones", "Solid Gold" and "Let's Go Home Together", her duet with Arthur. In February 2018, it
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#1732790093398576-802: The Jungle Brothers (summer 1988) and " Missing " by Everything but the Girl as a re-release in October 1995. His music was a driving force within the " acid house " scene in the UK with many tracks such as "Back to the Beat", "Can You Party", "A Day in the Life", " Weekend ", "Party People", "Yeah, Buddy" and "Dreams of Santa-Anna", released under multiple aliases including the Todd Terry Project, Royal House, Black Riot, Swan Lake and Orange Lemon. In
624-476: The 12-inch "Alright Alright" (1987, Fourth Floor) and an edit from this was then included on the Chicago house vanguard compilation Jackmaster 1 (1987, D.J. International/Westside UK). Much of Terry's early work in the late 1980s is considered a milestone in the development of house and rave music . He was responsible for releasing two of the house era's most respected crossover remixes: " I'll House You " by
672-516: The British group Rudimental , and was working on new material with them, presumably meaning that the previously confirmed album was scrapped. She also supported Rudimental on their European tour that year. Regarding the scrapped material, Henderson later told i : "I did write an album – well, I say an album, I wrote a body of work. But I was so lost in terms of who I was as a person that I wasn't ready to release it. I knew that if I didn't know what
720-490: The House Gospel Choir featured in a live tour with entrepreneur Steven Bartlett in the stage adaptation of his podcast, The Diary of a CEO . The HGC accompanied Bartlett throughout the show, punctuating his autobiographical anecdotes with songs such as " Oh Happy Day " and Gnarls Barkley 's "Crazy". Reviewer Marianka Swain of The Daily Telegraph described the show as "the most bonkers night I have ever spent at
768-488: The House Gospel Choir". In 2021, HGC featured on Blinkie's "Stronger", and later that year they and Just Kiddin featured on Ella Henderson 's " Risk It All ", which charted at No. 100 on the UK Singles Chart . On 23 October 2020, House Gospel Choir released their debut album, RE//CHOIRED . Mixmag called the album "a spirited and feel-good celebration of house music and soundsystem culture...a testament to
816-464: The New York house scene in the 1990s and used extensive samples that blend the sounds of classic disco , the Chicago house sound, and elements of hip-hop . He has remixed a wide variety of artists. Todd Terry was influential in moving house music beyond the early Chicago house sound of 1984–86. He crossed the sounds of house with hip hop breaks to create a more energized and popular sound that
864-610: The UK Music Industry statement or commented on the controversy. In January 2023, Henderson collaborated with Switch Disco on the song " React ", which became her eighth UK top-ten single, peaking at number four on the UK Singles Chart. The song heavily samples Robert Miles ' 1995 single " Children ". Henderson next featured on Frank Walker 's single "I Go Dancing". In March, she released her collaboration with DJ Regard titled "No Sleep", shortly followed by
912-412: The UK, while Everything I Didn't Say debuted at number eight. In April, she collaborated with David Guetta and Becky Hill on the song " Crazy What Love Can Do ". The single charted in several countries, including the UK where it debuted in the top 20 and peaked at number five. In April 2022, Nathan Dawe released a second collaboration with Henderson titled " 21 Reasons ", which reached number nine in
960-497: The UK. In August 2022, Henderson featured on a duet version of Cian Ducrot 's song "All for You". In September, she collaborated with British-German DJ duo M-22 on the song "Heartstrings". Later in 2022, Henderson performed at a number of UK Pride events, and was booked at UK Music and TikTok showcases at the Labour Party Conference and Conservative Party Conference . The Labour conference performance
1008-611: The UK. Henderson also featured on Norwegian record producer and DJ Kygo 's song " Here for You ", which was released on 4 September. The collaboration achieved global-wide chart success peaking within the top 20 in the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. In November 2016, Henderson announced that she had finished recording her second studio album, having worked with Danny O'Donoghue from The Script and producer Max Martin . In April 2017, it
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#17327900933981056-724: The World " and " You Got the Love ". She also performed "Believe" at the 18th National Television Awards in January, and appeared as a special guest at the Capital Summertime Ball in June, where she performed a duet of " Beneath Your Beautiful " with Labrinth . Henderson's debut single, " Ghost ", co-written with Ryan Tedder , was released on 8 June 2014. It debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart , and remained in
1104-472: The albums One Half of a Whole Decade and Live & Remastered . Throughout his career, Terry has used several aliases including Hard House, Swan Lake, Orange Lemon, Royal House, and Black Riot. As Black Riot, "Warlock/A Day in the Life" was released as a single on the Champion label and entered the UK Singles Chart on December 3, 1988, reaching a peak position of number 68. He also recorded under
1152-402: The catalog including releases by House of Gypsies, Roland Clark , Shawnee Taylor, Kelly Sajda, Gypsymen, Black Riot , Leon Cormack, Lewis Beck, DJ E-Clyps and Todd Terry All Stars. In 2000, Terry launched SoundDesign Records, the home to some of the harder tracks and artists he is working with, including releases from Danny Genius, Space Kadets, and Friscia and Lamboy. In 2013, Terry released
1200-415: The lead single from her upcoming third studio album. The song was released on 4 October 2024 . Henderson has been in a relationship with English retired swimmer Jack Burnell since early 2020. They became engaged in January 2023. Todd Terry Todd Norton Terry (born April 18, 1967) is an American DJ , record producer and remixer in the genre of house music . His productions helped define
1248-705: The monikers CLS, Masters at Work (with Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and "Little" Louie Vega), Dredd Stock, House of Gypsies, Limelife, Tyme Forse, and the Gypsymen (scoring a number-one Billboard Hot Dance/Club play hit in 1992 with " Hear the Music "). Terry co-produced the song "Shake" on P.M. Dawn 's debut album Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience . The song ended with
1296-401: The original song called "Missed", which was later included on her debut studio album. She reached the live shows and was mentored by Tulisa . Henderson and James Arthur were controversially in the bottom two in week seven and sang for survival. Tulisa and Louis Walsh voted to send Henderson through to the quarter-final and Nicole Scherzinger and Gary Barlow voted to send Arthur through to
1344-644: The power and healing potential of collectivity in music." Along with HGC, RE//CHOIRED features house DJs and musical artists such as Todd Terry , Alex Metric , DJ Spen , Todd Terry , Toddla T , and Wookie , gospel musician Nicky Brown, and multi-instrumantalist Troy Miller. RE//CHOIRED charted at No. 69 on the UK Album Downloads Chart and No. 4 on the Official Christian & Gospel Albums Chart . Ella Henderson Gabriella Michelle Henderson (born 12 January 1996)
1392-407: The quarter-final. The result went to deadlock and Arthur advanced to the quarter-final receiving 13.7% of the vote and Henderson received 12.1%. She consequently was the eighth contestant eliminated, despite being a strong favourite to win. Presenter Dermot O'Leary described Henderson's exit as "one of the biggest shocks we've ever had on the results show". During the show and following her exit,
1440-484: The repeated lyric "Everyone thank Todd Terry". He also produced "The House of Isis" from Isis ' 1990 album Rebel Soul . In October 2004, "Weekend" by the Todd Terry Project appeared in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas , playing on house music radio station SF-UR . In 2007, Terry formed the Todd Terry All Stars, bringing Kenny Dope , DJ Sneak and Terry Hunter together to release
1488-612: The show, she revealed that she had signed a record deal with Sony Music Entertainment . She also performed " Last Christmas " and " Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas " on the Myleene Klass Heart FM show that month. In January 2013, Henderson confirmed she had signed to Simon Cowell 's record label Syco Music . During January and February 2013, she took part in The X Factor live tour, where she sang four songs: her X Factor audition song "Missed", " Believe ", " Rule
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1536-560: The single "Dream On Me" with Roger Sanchez on 2 October 2020, and a Christmas song " Blame It on the Mistletoe " with AJ Mitchell on 4 December. On 19 February 2021, she released her collaboration with Tom Grennan titled " Let's Go Home Together ", which debuted at number 28 in the UK and peaked at 10 becoming Henderson's fifth UK top 10 single. The song was originally a duet between Henderson and James Arthur, and they performed it together live on Arthur's 2017 arena tour, but due to
1584-457: The single "Get Down" featuring and co-written by Tara McDonald . The follow-up, "Play On", also featured McDonald and was released in 2007 on Strictly Rhythm / Defected Records and then re-released in 2009 with a remix by Eddie Thoneick. InHouse Records was launched by Terry in 1999. It has been the vehicle through which Todd is able to release tracks to his fans without a filter. Currently, Inhouse has over 500 commercially available tracks in
1632-579: The song "Like I Used To" with Sonny Fodera and Paul Woolford in April. In June, she released " 0800 Heaven " with Nathan Dawe and Joel Corry , which reached number nine in the UK. In August, she featured on Glockenbach's single "Lifeline". On 27 October 2023, Henderson released her second Christmas song with Irish singer-songwriter Cian Ducrot called "Rest of Our Days". In January 2024, Henderson started teasing an upcoming song titled "Alibi" on her TikTok . On 10 January 2024, Henderson announced that
1680-413: The song would be released on 12 January 2024 and features UK drum and bass band Rudimental . On 8 March 2024, Henderson released the song "Mamma You Were Right". On 5 April 2024, Henderson teamed up with Natasha Bedingfield to remix "Alibi". On 31 May 2024, Henderson released the song "Under The Sun" with Switch Disco and Alok . On 17 September 2024, Henderson announced the song "Filthy Rich" as
1728-456: The summer of 1988 at the peak of the UK acid house movement, "Can You Party" under his Royal House moniker reached No. 14 in the UK. Terry's notable releases during the 1990s include " Something Goin' On " and " Keep on Jumpin' ", which were UK top-ten hits, with the vocals on both provided by Jocelyn Brown and Martha Wash . Freestyle artist Shannon was the featured vocalist on the UK top 20 hit " It's Over Love " in 1997, which topped
1776-585: The theatre". Later that year, the choir performed with musician John Cale at the Wales Millennium Centre in commemoration of his 80th birthday, and on the BBC One New Year's Eve special . In 2017, House Gospel Choir and MNEK featured on "Deeper" by Riton , and in 2018, they released a cover version of "Battle" by Wookie , produced by Wookie himself. In 2019, HGC released "Salvation" with Adelphi Music Factory, which stayed on
1824-701: The top 20 in Australia, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and the United States. Its third and fourth singles, " Yours " and " Mirror Man ", were released on 30 November 2014 and 9 March 2015, respectively. The former charted at number 16 in the UK. Henderson performed as the supporting act for Take That on their 38 date Take That Live 2015 UK tour, while embarking on her debut headlining UK tour in October and November 2015. That July, she featured on drum and bass duo Sigma 's single " Glitterball ", which peaked at number four in
1872-527: The top five of the chart for eight consecutive weeks. It has subsequently been certified platinum for sales in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The song later ranked at number 84 on the Official Charts Company list of the 100 biggest songs of the 2010s in the UK. Its follow-up, " Glow ", was released on 5 October 2014 and charted at number seven in the UK. Henderson's debut studio album, Chapter One ,
1920-430: Was able to reach commercial success outside the underground house scene. His productions extensively used samples that blend the sounds of classic disco , the Chicago house sound, and elements of hip-hop. Terry began his career in the 1980s, DJing at parties in New York. At first, he played Italo disco and hip-hop. Later he concentrated on house music upon its mid-'80s emergence. He debuted as Masters at Work with
1968-449: Was announced that Henderson and Syco Music had parted ways. In a statement, a Syco representative stated: "Syco and Ella Henderson are parting company. We wish Ella all the best for the future and thank her for her hugely successful contribution over the years." In May 2018, Henderson confirmed that she had completed work on her second studio album. Later that year, she signed a record deal with Asylum Records ' imprint Major Toms operated by
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2016-467: Was announced that she would be supporting James Arthur on his Back from the Edge Tour . In June, she featured along with other artists, including fellow X Factor artists Leona Lewis , Louis Tomlinson , Liam Payne , James Arthur, Louisa Johnson and Matt Terry on a cover version of Simon & Garfunkel 's song " Bridge over Troubled Water ", which was recorded to raise money for those affected by
2064-611: Was born in Tetney , Lincolnshire , on 12 January 1996, the daughter of Michelle and Sean Henderson. She has two brothers and a sister. She began singing when she was around three years old and taught herself to play the piano a few years later. She put on Christmas shows for her family and was encouraged to pursue her love of music and songwriting by her paternal grandfather. Her interest developed further at St Martins Prep School in Grimsby , and she subsequently decided to audition for
2112-439: Was going on, my fans wouldn't either." On 13 September 2019, Henderson released " Glorious " as the lead single from her EP of the same name, which was released on 8 November. Its second single, "Young", was released on 11 October. Henderson also featured on Jax Jones ' song " This Is Real ", from his debut album Snacks (Supersize) , which was released as a single on 11 October, and on Sigala 's single " We Got Love ", which
2160-511: Was released on 1 November. Both tracks charted in the UK, peaking at numbers 9 and 42, respectively. Henderson featured on Dutch DJ Sam Feldt 's song "Hold Me Close" released on 27 March 2020. She followed it with the single " Take Care of You " on 12 June, which reached number 50 in the UK. In July, she provided uncredited vocals for a UK top five single she had co-written titled " Lighter " by British DJ and producer Nathan Dawe , featuring British YouTuber and rapper KSI . Henderson released
2208-510: Was released on 13 October 2014. It was written by Henderson in collaboration with a number of writers and producers including Claude Kelly , Salaam Remi , Babyface and TMS . The album peaked at number one on the UK Albums Chart , and was the 19th and 31st best-selling album in the UK in 2014 and 2015, respectively. It was certified platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). The album also charted in
2256-536: Was sixteen. She was inspired to pursue house music while at Pretoria House 22 in Johannesburg , when she was in South Africa with producer Atjazz to promote "Selfish Skies". She went on to be featured in "Eye Know" by Scratcha DVA from his 2012 album " Pretty Ugly ". In 2014, Maddix published an Instagram post inviting people to join a house choir. The first twelve members formed House Gospel Choir in
2304-623: Was subsequently cancelled due to reported illness. Henderson's appearance at the Conservative conference attracted criticism from the LGBT Community , as some felt it was incompatible with performing at Pride Events. The UK Music Industry released a statement pointing out that the events were held as part of the political party conferences to highlight the importance of the UK music industry and were not an indication of political affiliation. Neither Henderson or her management team quoted
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